Electrical Normal Ceiling Fan Connection

This wiring diagram illustrates the connections for a ceiling fan and light with two switches a speed controller for the fan and a dimmer for the lights.

Electrical normal ceiling fan connection.

Taking your ground wire and wire nutting those together. Ul approved ceiling fan boxes are required by code this is for your safety and protection. The ground and neutral wires simply get tied together as you d expect. As you can see it s a simple connection that feeds power to both the fan and optional light kit.

From the switches 3 wire cable runs to the ceiling outlet box. And you re going to hook this up to the ceiling fan by taking your neutral and wire nutting them together. Mount your bracket onto the ceiling and hang the fan on the bracket. Connect the green wire to your household ground wire copper bare wire.

Wiring this type of electrical connection looks like this. Most electrical ground wires are. To connect your ceiling fan to existing wires make sure that you have the right fan hardware and cut off the electricity leading to those wires. Lastly connect the blue wires together or the blue wire to the black wire for lights.

The ceiling mounted electrical junction box must be approved for the weight of the ceiling fan. Ceiling fans should never be mounted to regular plastic or fiberglass light fixture boxes. Connect the black wires together. The following will assist you with your electrical question.